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04-24-2014, 12:58 AM | #1 |
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I am seriously considering becoming an interior car detailer and I have a few questions:
Do you think doing interiors only is okay? Or do you find most your clients just want the whole car done and would rather take it somewhere who would do exterior as well, I really do not want to do the exterior. Have you ever damaged a car? I am concerned about detaching the adhesive of the roofliner due to too much steam or shorting the circuits on buttons or damaging plastic due to polishing. Is it decent money for your work? Do people leave the car with you or do you do it in front of them? How long can the job take? How much was the layout for your equipment and what does it include, do you have an ozone generator and de-humidifier? Do you charge per hour or per service? Do you have buisiness insurance for theft and accidental damage? Do you ever have to get fiddly and remove interior pieces, if so what have you removed such as seats?
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I'm not a professional detailer, myself, but I know a lot of people in the industry. To be honest, I don't think doing only interiors will keep you in business. Many professional detailers are actually expanding their scope of work to make sure they always have customers. For example, detailers can add to their typical "wash" by offering paint correction, paint protective film, coatings, vinyl wraps, etc. to their menu.
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Sounds like you need to go work for someone... and pay your "dues". You can learn how to clean the outside and see for yourself first hand all the negs and pluses. And you won't have to invent any money except for your time. G.L.
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I've done exterior for a year or so and stopped.
I've found that you can never meet some customer expectations. Even when you tell them what you're going to do...how you're going to do it and the results, people always want more. I actually had a customer get mad at me because after I detailed his car, he could see the rock chips easier and demanded why I didn't fix them...and this was after I wetsanded at least 4 scratches from his car. True story. In the end, it just wasn't worth my time or money. I was making around $500 or so a car, and it was a cool side-gig but my weekends were consumed with working on cars. I did a G35 once and didn't expect how hard it was to correct that paint, and ended up spending close to 40 hours in paint correction to get the job done right. And yes, I've destroyed a bumper before and loss my ass on it. The bumper was repainted and the owner didn't know about it. I hit it with a polisher and instantly ripped the paint off the bumper and all the way down to the plastic. Really that was the deciding moment when I thought I would just stick to doing my own cars. |
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Yea polishing paint does not seem to be something I would be capable of doing professionally but cleaning a cars interior seems a lot more easier and less monotonous.
Thanks guys I think I will find some other work to do besides detailing cars.
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